Beach · Lake Michigan · Michigan
Mears State Park
A public beach on Lake Michigan in Oceana County, Michigan, 0.12 miles of shore. The state samples the water for bacteria once a week through a 63-day swim season.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Michigan
- Location
- Oceana County, Michigan
- Length
- 0.12 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Yes — once a week in the swim season
- Swim season
- 63 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 2 (Tier 1 is highest)
- EPA beach ID
- MI000399
- Coordinates
- 43.7855° N, 86.4396° W to 43.7822° N, 86.4420° W
As the state reported it to EPA for the 2025 season. Sampling schedules change year to year. How beach monitoring works →
Down the shore
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Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Pentwater0.9 mi · trailer ramp
- Copeyon Park11 mi · trailer ramp
- Loomis Street12 mi · trailer ramp
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Pentwater North Pierhead Light0.3 mi
- Pentwater Light0.3 mi · deactivated
- Pentwater South Pierhead Light0.3 mi
Ashore
State parks nearby
- Mears State Park0.2 mi
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Michigan
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI000399, the record Michigan files under the federal BEACH Act, retrieved 2026-10-10. The county is placed from the beach’s own coordinates. A blank field means the record is silent. Parking, fees, lifeguards and dog rules are set by whoever runs the beach; check with them before you go.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.